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  • Microsoft commits to XML docs for long term

    Responding to a request from the European Union to improve data interoperability, Microsoft has committed in perpetuity to offering a royalty-free license of Office-related XML document formats.

  • What's behind Microsoft's Office moves?

    Looming competitive and regulatory pressures factored into Microsoft's recent decision to reveal formerly secret pieces of its latest Office software, according to analysts.

  • Microsoft Office to ease lines of communication

    Recognising a shift in the way people work, Microsoft is putting more emphasis on collaboration in the next version of Office.

  • Microsoft aims to break down Office resistance

    New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.

  • OpenOffice 2.0 focuses on interoperability

    The preview release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 includes a number of fixes designed to improve interoperability with Microsoft Office.

  • Office not so suite

    You may not believe this, but Microsoft thinks we're biased...against Microsoft. But if reactions to our office suite review are anything to go by, our readers disagree.

  • MS reveals new Office, Tablet PC plans

    Microsoft has announced plans for a new version of its cash cow, Office, and the launch of the first Tablet PC systems.

  • Microsoft limits XML in Office 2003

    A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.

  • Microsoft adding XML files to Office 12

    Microsoft said on Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year.

  • Office 2007 to support ODF and PDF

    Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS).

  • Technocrats rubberneck Microsoft's OOXML

    Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September.

  • Malaysia rejects Microsoft's OOXML ISO dreams

    Microsoft has failed to garner the support of Malaysia in its last ditch attempt to have Office Open XML (OOXML) ISO-certified in Geneva this week.

  • OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

    The OpenOffice.org community released version 2.2 last week, including updates to OpenOffice's word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and database software.

  • Massachusetts warms to Microsoft Office standard

    The governor's office of Massachusetts said Microsoft's effort to standardise Office document formats could meet the commonwealth's procurement guidelines.

  • ECMA approves Microsoft document format

    The certification from ECMA -- formerly known as the European Computer Manufacturers Association -- marks a year of work for a technical committee set up to standardise Office Open XML.

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